Diaper



L. R. McNAIR.

DIAPER.

APPLICATION FILED .IULY26. I919.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

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WITNESSES I \INVENTOIR im R W BY I J ATTORNEY.

' LoUIsE B. McN AIIt, or ARCADE, Nnw'YoRK.

To all whom it may concemr 1 Be it known that 'I, LOUISE R. MONAIR, a citizen of the United- States, residing at Arcade, in the .'county of-Wyoming. and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Diapers,

' of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatestoelasticall knit diapers, and is narrowed atboth en s, for

infants wear, which will fit the"bo dysnugl y 1 at the waist without binding.

waist snilgly and bSldQS'iS ve bulky between the legs of the child, -w ile my invention provldes a diaper of double thickness of knit material wlthout seams, buttons or buttonholes'or raw edges, as the same is moisture, and yet so elastic that very bulk is required between th infant the legs, and without tearin 80 dried, and-w knit in tubular formand narrowed or purled at each end, which eliminates fold- Furthermore this diaper is knit of so material, suflicientlythick to absorb little s legs, and adjusts'itselfto every movement.

My diaper being composed of elastic knit goods allows plenty of freedom of movement and makes anexcellent attachment for the infants stockings, keeping them snug to y invention has for its object to provide a diaper low in cost, simple in construction,

pinned to the or inary inelastic without seamsor raw edges to come-in con-' tact with the skin and thus prevents chafing, as well as to rovide a diaper which can be a plied in t e manner recommended by ,p ysieians and" nurses today. a

A further object of my invention is to provide'a soft, pliable and elastic diaper, which is not bulky between the limbs of the infant, thus preventing-bowlegs, while at the same time, the purled ends of the diaper furnish an excellent support for the childs abdomen.

A further object of my invention-is to provide a dia er, which can be easilydaun hick will dry. rapidly as, on

nxunx tacliing the stockings,

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account of its construction, both ends can beheld open for the'circulation of air.

Additional objects of my invention will appear in the following specification and the accompanying drawlngs, in which similar characters ofreference denote corre sponding parts in all the views. I

Figure l is a plan view of my improved diapen. 7 Fig. 2 is a front elevation rowed. at the ends 2,2, which \are purled to form the waistband. 3, 3, are safety pms pinned through purled ends 2, 2, to hold the diaper in place. 5, 5, are safet pins atthe stockings 6, 6"to the sldes of the body 1 of the'diaper;

e The edges on the sides Off the legs, if desired, by pins4,4.

- 1. The diaper is laid flat, thus forming two thicknesses of material, follows: The middle-portion of the body 1 is placed between'the legs of the infant, and the 'urled ends 2 are then drawn upward. to tlie waist line, where the are "brought together and'overlapped an pinned with.

safety pins3, 3. 4. a

In attachin stockings to the diaper the edges of the ody 1 are brought together around thelegs of the infant, as far down as desirable, and then pinned to the tops of thestockings, as shown in Fig.4.

As the diaper is elastic it will be snugly held to the body and legs of theinfant whenpinned and still allow freedom of movement without binding. a i

I claim as new,

. and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. A diaper made of soft,pliable material .in perspective, illustrating the methodof application;

The ordinary diaper does not fit the 6:0

of body 1 of the diapermay ialso be pinned together belowthe waist and and is applied as 1.

and formed into a continuous piece of tubu-- lar form, with contracted ends, and which is of a substantially rectangular form of two thicknesses when laid flat, and which 5 is adapted to form an infants diaper when placed between its legs and the narrowed ends pinned at its waist.

2. A diaper made 0 f a single piece of tubular knitted material, purled at the ends and forming a substantially rectangular 10 shape, and of double thickness when laid 

